Combination recorder



'Sept. 10, 1929. c. J. SANDERS 1,727,907

COMBINATION RECORDER Filed June 22. 1927 III" I/WEH TOE, Car/folk J. Sanders,

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Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARLTON J. SANDERS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO EUGENE P. HEN- NING, OE INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

COMBINATION RECORDER.

Application filed June 22,

This invention relates to means for checking the number of persons sitting in a shoeshining chair over a period of time against the number of coins taken in by the operator,

and comprises a recording mechanism operated by depression of the seat in combination with a coin recording mechanism operated by the deposit of the coin but only in cooperation with the seat recording mechanism.

The invention is described in one particular form with reference being made to the accompanying drawing, inwhich Fig. 1, is a front elevation of a shoe-shining chair on a reduced scale with my invention 1 attached thereto;

Fig. 2, a side elevation. of the combinationrecorder with the side wall detached;

Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section on the line 33 in Fig. 2, similar to Fig. 3, but with the mechanism moved to a diflerent position;

Fig. 5, a transverse vertical section on the line 55 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 6, a longitudinal vertical section on the line 66 in Fig. 4;

Fig. '7, an enlarged section through the coin levers on the line 7-7 in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 8, a section similar to Fig. '7, but with the coin operating lever starting on its upward travel.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In a chair 10 here shown mounted on the base 11 with the foot rests 12 thereon, 1 pro vide a seat 13 that maybe depressed by the person sitting thereon as a means of effecting a vertically operating force. To the frame supporting the seat 13, I attaelrthe combination recorder by means of the support bars 14 and 15.

A shaft 16 projects upwardly from the recorder and is connected at its upper end to the under side of the seat 13 (Figs. 1 and The 1: against the transverse plate 19 carried across shaft 16 carries a collar 1.7 just under the 1927. Serial No. 200,557.

piston 24 on their lower ends, the piston 24 being positioned by the lengths of the posts 23 normally at the bottom of the cylinder 21.

An arm 25 is secured to the lower cylinder head 22 and is turned downwardlyto engage pivotally with the lever arm 26 whichoperates the counter 27 that is mounted 011 the floor of the box 28 which is suspended from the bars 14 and 15 to enclose all of the mech- ELDlSIIL' Y i When the seat 13 is depressed, the shaft 16 is pressed downwardly to overcome the. resistance of the spring 18 and to carry the cylinder 21 downwardly past the piston 24, so that a partial vacuum is produced below the piston 24 in the cylinder 21 as an additional means to resist the downward travel of the seat 13.

The counter 27 is of the usual construction well known in the art, and is so hooked up to the moving cylinder head 22 through the arm 25 and lever 26 that the counter will only register whenthe seat 13 is depressed a sub stantial distance, and any intermediate travel of the seat 13, up and down between the GX- treme top normal position and the lower position operating the counter will not cause the counter to register. By such construction, when the person sits on the seat 13 to have his shoes shined, the seat 13 is'pushed down to cause the counter to register, and should the person rise up slightly, as to reach over for a paper or to adjust hiscoat under him or the like and then sit down again, the cylinder 21 will not have travelled upwardly sufficiently to cause the counter to be operated again upon the down stroke.

The spring 18 and the vacuum produced below the piston 24 will tend to cause the cylinder 21 to travel upwardly to its normal top position, but the rate of travel upwardly is limited to the rate of flow of air into the cylinder 21 to the under side of the piston The'rate of admission of the air is controlled by an adjustable air valve of the usual and well known type in the piston, the valve not being shown in the drawing.

An opening is provided through and along the bottom of the front wall 29 of the box. 28, through which is inserted a money drawer 30. The face of the counter 27 is toward the drawer opening, and the figures 31 indicated by the counter can only be read through the opening when the drawer is entirely removed.

On the inside face of the wall29, is mounted a bracket 32. A lever 33 is pivotally carried by its inner end by the bolt 34 passed through the wall 29 and the bracket 32. The outer end of the lever 33 passes out through a slot 35 in the side wall of the box 28 so that the lever 33 may be swung up and down about its pivot from without the box. The lever 33 is in sliding contact with the face of the wall 29.

A second lever 36 is pivotally carried by the bolt 34 and held back from the lever 33 by a spacer 37. One end of the lever 36 carries aflag 38 which may be presented behind the window 39 in the wall 29 by suitable rocking of the lever 36. The other end of the lever 36 is shorter than the lever 33 so that the lever 36 is entirely confined within the box 28 as his rocked about'it-s pivot.

A coin slot 40 is cut through the wall 29,'and a stop 41 is positioned on the wall 29 so that the lever 33 has its top edge coinciding with the lower edge of the coin slot when the lever 33 contacts the stop 41 (Figs. 3 and 4). A bracket 42 is secured to the back side of the lever 33 to have a coin linger 43 extend up and over, along, and spaced to one side above the lever 33 so thatwhen a coin 44 (Fig. 7) is'insorted through the slot 40, the coin will slide over the lever 33 and be under the finger 43. The finger 43 is attached to the bracket 42 at its outer side so that there is an opening between the finger and lever 33 on the side toward the lever pivot. As the stop 41 and slot 40 are positioned above the pivot bolt 34 to cause the lever 33 to be inclined upwards, the coin 44 would normally tend to slide out down and from under the finger 43.

s A tension spring 45 is'attached by one end to the bracket 42 and by the upper end to the bolt 46 so as to hold the lever 33 normally against the lever stop 41. The end of the lever 36 is adapted to strike the stop 41, and

carries the coin stop 47, so that when the coin 44 is passed through the slot 40 and over the lever 33, under the finger 43, the coin 44 also passes over and onto the lever 36 to be stopped by the stop 47. To prevent the coin 44 from sliding down the levers 33 and 36 as above indicuted, a stop 48 is attached to the side of the lever 36 toward the lever 33 to project upwardly, against which the coin may slide. A tension spring 49, attached by its lower end to the coin stop 47 and by its upper end to the bolt 46 normally holds the lever 36 against the lever stop 41.

A small counter 50 is attached to the lower end of the bracket 32, and the counter operating lever 51 is pivotally engaged by the arm 52 which isin turn pivotally connected to the lever 36' (Figs. 2, 3, and 4) between the flag 38 and the pivot bolt 34.

When a coin 44 is inserted through the slot 40 the lever 33 is pressed downwardly by the end projecting from the box, whereupon the coin finger 43 engagesthe coin 44 to carry the lever 36 downwardly also since the coin out of view from the window 39.

hen the lever 36 reaches the horizontal position, a trigger 53, pivoted to the side of the bracket32 (Fig. 6) engages under the lever 36 due to the pull of the trigger spring 54, thereby preventing the return of the lever 36 to its normal inclined position. The lever 33 returns, upon being released by the operator, to itsv normal inclined position against the lever stop 41. As the lever 33 starts to travel back up (Fig. 8) the coin 44 is tilted upwardly to rest on the lever 36, and when the lever 33 is carried back far enough, the coin 44 then drops over and down into the drawer, 30. As the lever 36 is pushed down by the coin 44 to'carry the flag 38 up, an arm 55 connected to the flag end of the lever 36 and extended substantially across inside the box 28 strikes an arm 56 and is helddown until the flag end of the lever 36 has lifted enough to let the arm 55 flip past the arm 56, which action causes the arm 55 to fly up and strike the bell 57 a sharp blow to indicate the deposit of the coin.

By the foregoing description, it will be seen that afterv the coin has been deposited, the flag 38 is removed from the window 30, but that the normal position of the flag 38 is behind the window 30. After the coin has been deposited, the clear window so indicates, and the flag 38 remains invisible after a person sits on the seat 13, but when the person gets.

up and the seat 13 returns to its normal position. a rocker arm 58, pivotally carried on the side of the lower cylinder head 22 and normally having its top end rocked outwardly by the spring 59 pulling back the lower end to contact the head 22, engages under the nose 60 on the trigger 53 and pushes the trigger 53 back out of engagementwith the lever 36, to permit the spring 49 to return the lever 36 to its inclined position to position the flag 38 back of the window thereby indicating that the coin is to be deposited.

Should another person sit on the seat 13 before the coin has been deposited to raise the flag 38 and operate the counter 50, the cylinder head 22 will travel down as usual, but the rocker arm 58 being pivoted and the pull of the spring 59 being slight, the arm 58 will rock back to pass over the nose 60 leaving the trigger 53 as it was with the flag down, and upon returning upward, the arm 58 will engage under the nose 60 but will slide on over as the trigger 53 is already disengaged from the lever 36, and the flag 38 still remains down for the second coin, which fact will of course be indicated by the difference between the figures shown by the counter 50 and the counter 27. The face of the counter 50 is covered from observation from without by the drawer cover 61, and the drawer 30 is locked in. the closed position.

In some installations, depending upon the system desired, the counter 50 will register on the up stroke of its lever 51, whereas in others, the counter will register on the down stroke of the lever 51.

Upon unlocking the drawer, counting the money therein, and observing the totals of the two counters 27 and 50, any discrepancies caused by the operator in failing to deposit a coin for each person using the seat will be noticed.

While I have here described my invention in the form now best known to me, I do not desire to be limited to the precise structure as shown and described, nor any more than may be necessitated by the following claims, as it is obvious many structural changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a recording device a seat movable vertically and normally returned to an upper position; a counter actuated upon travel of the seat; a signal normally displayed when the seat is in said upper position; and coin controlled means for removing said signal from display; and means associated with and actuated by travel of said seat for again displayin said signal following said removal.

2. In a recording device, a seat movable vertically and normally returned to an upper position; a counter operated by travel of the seat; a signal i'iormally displayed; coin controlled means for moving the signal to a nonsignalling position; a catch adapted to hold the signal in said non-signalling position; and means associated with the seat releasing said catch following a predetermined t 'avel of the seat.

8. In a recording device, a seat movable vertically and normally returned to an upper position; a counter operated by travel of the seat; a signal carrier normally dropping downwardly; coin controlled means for raising said carrier; a catch retaining said carrier in the raised position; and a member moved vertically with the travel of the seat adapted to release said catch upon upward travel of the seat following a downward travel thereof after said catch has engaged said carrier. I p

4C. In a recording device a seat movable vertically and normally returned to an upper position; a counter actuated upon travel of the seat; a signal normally displayed when the seat is in said upper position; and coin controlled means for removing said signal from. display; and means associated with and actuated by travel of said seat for again displaying said signal following said removal; said means being adapted to leave said signal in the display position irrespective of further up and down travel of the seat.

5. In a coin controlled signal means for a seat recording device, a hand lever having a finger with a space between it and the lever open at its lower end adapted to receive a coin therethrough, a second lever normally positioned to display a signal and be parallel to but spaced laterally behind said hand lever, a coin stop on said second lever positioned thereon so that a coin inserted through said hand lever slot will rest on said second lever whereby pulling down on said first lever will correspondingly pull down said second lever by means of said coin, and trigger means adapted to engage and releasably hold said second lever in a nonsignalling position, while said first lever is moved back to its initial position, and means operated by the seat for releasing the trigger.

6. In a coin controlled signal means for a seat recording device, a hand lever having a finger with a space between it and thelever open at its lower end adapted to receive a coin therethrough, a second lever normally positioned to display a signal and be parallel to but spaced laterally behind said hand lover, a coin stop on said second lever positioned thereon so that a coin inserted through said hand lever slot will rest on said second lever whereby pulling down on said first lever will correspondingly pull down said second lever by means of said coin, and trigger means adapted to engage and releasably hold said second lever in a non-signalling position while said first lever is moved back to its initial position, and means operated by travel of said seat for releasing said trigger upon a predetermined travel of the seat to permit display of said signal.

7. In a coin controlled signal means for a seat recording device, a hand lever having a finger with a space between it and the lever open at its lower end adapted to receive a coin therethrough, a second lever normally positioned to display a signal and be parallel to but spaced laterally behind said hand lever, a coin stop on said second lever positioned thereon so that a coin inserted through said hand lever slot will rest on said second lever whereby pulling down on said first lever will correspondingly pull down said second lever by means of said coin, and trigger means adapted to engage and releasably hold said second lever in a nonsignalling position while said first lever is moved back to its initial positien, and means operated by travel of said seat for releasing said trigger upon a predetermined travel of the seat to permit,

display of said signal, said means comprising a I'OClZfiblQ arm adapted to slide over said trigger on a downward travel and adapted to move said trigger out of engagement with said second lever on an upward travel.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

CARLTON J. SANDERS 

